NL25 6max - 66 turns set...blocker raised

[Everlong]

Villain is really bad 72/20 and I was patiently waiting to stack him...

(I bet slightly less than pot cause I was eager to stack him I guess....)
So I am tempted to call but is this river raise ever a bluff?

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
3 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
Button: $21.90
Hero: $55.75
BB: $23.10

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is SB with 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif
Button calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $1</font>, BB folds, Button calls.

Flop: A/images/graemlins/club.gif 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif T/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($2.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: 6/images/graemlins/club.gif ($2.25, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $1.75</font>, Button calls.

River: 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($5.75, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $3</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $8.5</font>, Hero?

[Unknown Soldier]

given your read, yeah this can be a bluff. He might have A5, who knows. I think this is a call though.

[michaelantoi]

yeah just call.

[Oranzith]

i think this is a fold. 72/20 who plays decidedly slow, then wakes up when the flush card hits - what else does he really have? Normally raises everything, but with a draw he fishily tries to play it cheap, then boom raises the river on the flush.

[orange]

This is never a fold. If anything, this is very very close to a shove IMO. I think you see alot of 2p combos instead...If the river had been like the Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif instead, I'd probably be more inclined to shove (doesnt complete 87/etc). Anyway, I think that its a tossup between shoving and calling, never a fold.

[Imrahil]

Too bad you didn't cbet the flop because we really have no info about villains hand on the turn.

[Everlong]

[ QUOTE ]
This is never a fold. If anything, this is very very close to a shove IMO. I think you see alot of 2p combos instead...If the river had been like the Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif instead,
I'd probably be more inclined to shove (doesnt complete 87/etc). Anyway, I think that its a tossup between shoving and calling, never a fold.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow...a shove really never ever crossed my mind...I think he is repping the flush pretty well here and nobody folds even the babiest of toddler-flushes to a shove here right?
I am questioning the blocker too. Would a ceck call have been better?

My reasoning behind the blocker was that he loved to overbet at random....

[orange]

yeah, they never fold flushes. i just think that a 70/20's range is so wide here that he can have anything. i would definitely bet the river harder for value at least. c/c never given the action.

[Crimsonjade]

Without a cbet here on the flop I do not think you can tell what he has here. He thinks you are weak already because you check/bet/checked. This could be a bluff. As played, I call.

[jdefoe]

do you think he does this with the 5 /images/graemlins/club.gif 4 /images/graemlins/club.gif

[fsista]

Just check call if you don't know what to do when he CRs you since this CR is very much expected. I HATE the flop check by the way. Makes this hand so hard to play and minimizes your ev. As played it's probably a fold.

[DntRazeMePlz]

I bet flop. Turn bet is goot. I call the river.